Entertainment
Ireland’s domestic films fail to draw a crowd at cinemas
European research finds 95pc of visits are for foreign-produced movies
While Irish films are finding bigger audiences internationally, they are not being well supported at home, according to the initial findings of a new study. Irish people go to the cinema on average three times a year, but 95pc of visits are to see a foreign-produced film, it finds.
The findings are in the European research project CresCine, which is looking at the challenges facing small film markets. It examined seven small film-producing countries, including Ireland, Portugal and Denmark, between 2014 and 2022.
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